Gate driving circuit and driving method thereof and display panel

ABSTRACT

There is provided a gate driving circuit comprising N first shift registers arranged alternately with N second shift registers. An input signal terminal of an n-th stage of first shift register is coupled to an output signal terminal of an (n−i)-th stage of first shift register, and a reset signal terminal of the n-th stage of first shift register is coupled to an output signal terminal of an (n+j)-th stage of first shift register. Input signal terminal and reset signal terminal of n-th stage of second shift register are coupled to output signal terminals of (n−i)-th and (n+j)-th stages of second shift registers respectively. K=6, i=3, and j=4. Reset signal terminals of (N−j+1)-th to N-th stages of first shift registers and reset signal terminals of (N−j+1)-th to N-th stages of second shift registers are configured to receive a total reset signal.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)

This application is a continuation application of U.S. application Ser.No. 18/082,691, filed on Dec. 16, 2022, entitled “GATE DRIVING CIRCUITAND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY PANEL”, which is a continuationapplication of U.S. application Ser. No. 17/351,638, filed on Jun. 18,2021, which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 11,568,778, on Jan. 31, 2023,entitled “GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAYPANEL”, which claims priority to the Chinese Patent Application No.202011068583.3, filed on Sep. 30, 2020, the contents of which areincorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to a field of display technology, and inparticular to a gate driving circuit, a driving method thereof, and adisplay panel.

BACKGROUND

In the display technology, a gate driver on array (GOA) technology isusually used to realize a gate driving circuit. In the GOA technology,the gate driving circuit is provided on an array substrate, which maydrive gates of each pixel in a pixel area without additionally binding agate driving chip. Generally, each shift register in the gate drivingcircuit is cascaded-coupled. In this way, each shift register generatesa gate driving signal that shifts sequentially, so as to turn onsub-pixels in the pixel area row by row. However, a structure of atraditional gate driving circuit leads to limitations in a display.

SUMMARY

According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, there isprovided a gate driving circuit including 2N stages of shift registers,the 2N stages of shift registers including N first shift registersarranged alternately with N second shift registers,

wherein the N first shift registers are cascaded-coupled as N stages offirst shift registers, and are configured to generate N first outputsignals under control of K first clock signals; and

wherein the N second shift registers are cascaded-coupled as N stages ofsecond shift registers, and are configured to generate N second outputsignals under a control of K second clock signals,

wherein K and N are both integers greater than 1, and K≤N.

For example, an input signal terminal of an n-th stage of first shiftregister in the N stages of first shift registers is coupled to anoutput signal terminal of an (n−i)-th stage of first shift register inthe N stages of first shift registers, and a reset signal terminal ofthe n-th stage of first shift register is coupled to an output signalterminal of an (n+j)-th stage of first shift register in the N stages offirst shift registers; and

an input signal terminal of an n-th stage of second shift register inthe N stages of second shift registers is coupled to an output signalterminal of an (n−i)-th stage of second shift register in the N stagesof second shift registers, and a reset signal terminal of the n-th stageof second shift register is coupled to an output signal terminal of an(n+j)-th stage of second shift register in the N stages of second shiftregisters,

wherein n, i, and j are all integers greater than 0, K is an evennumber, 1<n<N, 1≤i≤K/2, and K/2+1≤j≤K−1.

For example, K=6, i=3, and j=4.

For example, K=4, i=2, and j=3.

For example, K=8, i=4, and j=5.

For example, input signal terminals of first to i-th stages of firstshift registers in the N stages of first shift registers are configuredto receive a first turn-on signal; and

input signal terminals of first to i-th stages of second shift registersin the N stages of second shift registers are configured to receive asecond turn-on signal.

For example, reset signal terminals of (N−j+1)-th to N-th stages offirst shift registers in the N stages of first shift registers and resetsignal terminals of the (N−j+1)-th to the N-th stages of second shiftregisters in the N stages of second shift registers are configured toreceive a total reset signal.

For example, the first shift registers are odd-numbered stages of shiftregisters in the 2N stages of shift registers, and the second shiftregisters are even-numbered stages of shift registers in the 2N stagesof shift registers.

For example, the N first shift registers are divided into at least onegroup of K cascaded first shift registers, and clock signal terminals ofthe K cascaded first shift registers are configured to receive the Kfirst clock signals respectively; and

the N second shift registers are divided into at least one group of Kcascaded second shift registers, and clock signal terminals of the Kcascaded second shift registers are configured to receive the K secondclock signals respectively.

For example, each of the first shift registers is configured to output afirst output signal at an output signal terminal of said each of thefirst shift registers based on a signal of an input signal terminal ofsaid each of the first shift registers under control of a first clocksignal received by a clock signal terminal of said each of the firstshift registers, and reset a pull-up node of said each of the firstshift registers under control of a signal of a reset signal terminal ofsaid each of the first shift registers; and

each of the second shift registers is configured to output a secondoutput signal at an output signal terminal of said each of the secondshift registers based on a signal of an input signal terminal of saideach of the second shift registers under control of a second clocksignal received by a clock signal terminal of said each of the secondshift registers, and reset a pull-up node of said each of the secondshift registers under control of a signal of a reset signal terminal ofsaid each of the first shift registers.

For example, each of the first shift registers is further configured toreset a pull-up node of said each of the first shift registers undercontrol of a signal of a total reset terminal of said each of the firstshift registers; and

each of the second shift registers is further configured to reset apull-up node of said each of the second shift registers under control ofa signal of a total reset terminal of said each of the second shiftregisters,

wherein the total reset terminals of the N first shift registers and thetotal reset terminals of the N second shift registers are configured toreceive a total reset signal.

According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is furtherprovided a display panel including the gate driving circuit mentionedabove.

According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is furtherprovided a method of driving the gate driving circuit mentioned above,including:

in a first mode, turning on the 2N stages of shift registers, so thatthe N first shift registers of the 2N stages of shift registers generatethe N first output signals under control of the K first clock signals;and the N second shift registers of the 2N stages of shift registersgenerate the N second output signals under control of the K second clocksignals; and

in a second mode, turning on the N first shift registers, so that the Nfirst shift registers generate the N first output signals under controlof the K first clock signals, wherein the N first output signals areshifted sequentially, or turning on the N second shift registers in thesecond mode, so that the N second shift registers generate the N secondoutput signals under control of the K second clock signals, wherein theN second output signals are shifted sequentially.

For example, in the second mode, the turning on the N first shiftregisters includes: applying a valid first turn-on signal to the firstto i-th stages of first shift registers in the N first shift registers,and applying an invalid second turn-on signal to the first to i-thstages of second shift registers in the N second shift registers; andthe turning on the N second shift registers includes: applying a validsecond turn-on signal to the first to i-th stages of second shiftregisters in the N second shift registers, and applying an invalid firstturn-on signal to the first to i-th stages of first shift registers inthe N first shift registers, wherein i is an integer and 1≤i≤K/2.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ACCOMPANYING DRAWINGS

FIG. 1A shows a circuit diagram of a shift register according to someembodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 1B shows a working principle diagram of the shift register in FIG.1A.

FIG. 1C shows a circuit diagram of a shift register according to someembodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 shows a structure diagram of a gate driving circuit.

FIGS. 3A and 3B show signal timing diagrams of a method of driving agate driving circuit in a first mode and a second mode respectively.

FIG. 4 shows a working principle diagram of the gate driving circuit inFIG. 2 in the second mode.

FIG. 5 shows a simulation diagram of an output signal of the gatedriving circuit in FIG. 2 in the second mode.

FIGS. 6A and 6B show signal simulation diagrams of the gate drivingcircuit in FIG. 2 at a refresh frequency of 60 Hz and 120 Hzrespectively.

FIG. 6C shows comparison diagrams between an output signal of the gatedriving circuit in FIG. 2 at the refresh frequency of 60 Hz and anoutput signal of the gate driving circuit in FIG. 2 at the refreshfrequency of 120 Hz.

FIGS. 7A and 7B show structure diagrams of a gate driving circuitaccording to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 8 shows a structure diagram of a gate driving circuit according tosome embodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 9 shows a structure diagram of a gate driving circuit according tosome embodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 10 shows a flowchart of a method of driving a gate driving circuitaccording to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 11A shows a signal timing diagram of a gate driving circuit in thefirst mode according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 11B shows a signal timing diagram of the gate driving circuit inthe first mode according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

FIGS. 12A and 12B show signal timing diagrams of the gate drivingcircuit in the second mode according to some embodiments of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 13 schematically shows a block diagram of a display deviceaccording to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The present disclosure will be described with reference to theaccompanying drawings containing optional embodiments of the presentdisclosure, but it should be understood that those of ordinary skill inthe art may modify the disclosure described herein while obtainingtechnical effects of the present disclosure. Therefore, it should beunderstood that the description above is a broad disclosure for those ofordinary skill in the art, and the content is not intended to limit theexemplary embodiments described in the present disclosure.

In addition, in a following detailed description, for a convenience ofexplanation, many specific details are set forth to provide acomprehensive understanding of the embodiments of the presentdisclosure. However, obviously, one or more embodiments may further beimplemented without these specific details. In other cases, well-knownstructures and devices are embodied in an illustrative manner tosimplify the drawings.

FIG. 1A shows a circuit diagram of a shift register according to someembodiments of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 1A, the shiftregister 100 includes an input signal terminal IN, an output signalterminal OUT, a pull-up node PU, a clock signal terminal CLK, and areset signal terminal RST. The shift register 100 may provide a signalof the input signal terminal IN to the pull-up node PU. An output signalmay be generated, under control of a potential of the pull-up node PU,at the output signal terminal OUT based on a signal of the clock signalterminal CLK. The pull-up node PU may be reset under control of a signalof the reset signal terminal RST. The shift register 100 may furtherinclude a pull-down node PD. The output signal terminal OUT may bepulled down to a potential of a reference signal terminal VSS undercontrol of the pull-down node PD. In FIG. 1A, the shift register 100includes transistors M1, M2, M3, and M4 and a capacitor C, and thetransistors M1, M2, M3, and M4 are all N-type transistors. However, thisis only for explaining a basic working principle of the shift register,and the embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited thereto.The shift register 100 may have any other structure as required. Forexample, the shift register 100 may further include other circuits suchas a control circuit and a noise reduction circuit. There may be aplurality of pull-down circuits in the shift register 100, which areused to pull down potentials of different nodes of the shift register100. The plurality of transistors may be P-type transistors.Alternatively, some of the plurality of transistors may be N-type andsome of the plurality of transistors may be P-type.

FIG. 1B shows a working principle diagram of the shift register in FIG.1A.

As shown in FIG. 1B, in an input phase, when the input signal terminalIN is at a high level, the transistor M1 is turned on. Thus, the highlevel of the input signal terminal IN is input to the pull-up node PU,so that the transistor M3 is turned on. Since the clock signal terminalCLK is at a low level, the output signal terminal OUT outputs a lowlevel.

In a first sub-period of an output phase, a high level comes to theclock signal terminal CLK. The pull-up node PU maintains the high leveldue to the capacitor C, and the transistor M3 remains in a conductivestate. Thus, the high level of the clock signal terminal CLK is providedto the output signal terminal OUT, A bootstrap of the capacitor Cfurther increases the potential of the pull-up node PU. In a secondsub-period of the output phase, the clock signal terminal CLK changesfrom a high level to a low level. At this time instant, the transistorM3 still remains in the conductive state, and the output signal terminalOUT further changes to a low level.

In a reset phase, the reset signal terminal RST is at a low level, andthe transistor M2 is turned on. Thus, the pull-up node PU is pulled downto a low level of the reference signal terminal VSS. A potential of thepull-down node PD may be controlled by the pull-up node PU. For example,if the pull-up node PU is at a high level, then the pull-down node PD isat a low level, and the transistor M4 is turned off; and if the pull-upnode PU is at a low level, then the pull-down node PD is at a high leveland the transistor M4 is turned on, thereby pulling down the outputsignal terminal OUT to a low level.

FIG. 1C shows a circuit diagram of a shift register according to someembodiments of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 1C, the shiftregister 100′ includes an input circuit 110, an output circuit 120, anda reset circuit 130.

The input circuit 110 includes a transistor M1, which may input a signalof an input signal terminal IN to a pull-up node PU.

The output circuit 120 includes transistors M3, M13 and a capacitor C.When the pull-up node PU is at a high level, the transistors M3 and M13are turned on. Thus, a clock signal of a clock signal terminal CLK isprovided to output signal terminals OUT_C and OUT_G, respectively. Theoutput signal terminal OUT_C may be used to couple with other shiftregisters, and the output signal terminal OUT_G is used to provide gatedriving signals to sub-pixels in a display area.

The reset circuit 130 may include transistors M2 and M7. When a resetsignal terminal RST is at a high level, the transistor M2 is turned on.The pull-up node PU is reset to a low level of a reference signalterminal LVGL. When a total reset terminal Total_RST is at a high level,the transistor M7 is turned on. The pull-up node PU is reset. The resetsignal terminal RST may be used to couple with other shift registers;and the total reset terminal Total_RST is configured to receive a totalreset signal to realize a total reset of the gate driving circuit.

The shift register 100′ may further include a control circuit 140 and apull-down circuit 150.

The control circuit 140 may include a first sub-circuit and a secondsub-circuit. The first sub-circuit includes transistors M5, M6, M8, M9,and M16, and the second sub-circuit includes transistors M5′, M6′, M8′,M9′, and M16′. The first sub-circuit may control a potential of a firstpull-down node PD1 according to a potential of the pull-up node PU, andthe second sub-circuit may control a potential of a second pull-downnode PD2 according to the potential of the pull-up node PU. For example,when the pull-up node PU is at a low level, the transistors M6 and M8are turned off and the transistor M9 is turned on. Thus, a node PD_CN1is at a high level, so that the transistor M5 is turned on, and thefirst pull-down node is at a high level. When the pull-up node PU is ata high level, the transistors M6 and M8 are turned on to pull down thenode PD_CN1 and the first pull-down node PD1 to a low level, and thetransistor M5 is turned off. Therefore, the first pull-down node PD1maintains the low level. The second sub-circuit works in a similarmanner, and will not be repeated here. The control circuit 140 mayfurther include transistors M10 and M10′. When the first pull-down nodePD1 is at a high level, the transistor M10 is turned on, and the pull-upnode PU is pulled down to a low level. When the second pull-down nodePD2 is at a high level, the transistor M10′ is turned on, and thepull-up node PU is pulled down to a low level.

The pull-down circuit 150 may include transistors M11, M12, M11′, andM12′. When the first pull-down node PD1 is at a high level, thetransistors M11 and M12 are turned on, and the output signal terminalsOUT_G and OUT_C are pulled down to a low level respectively. When thesecond pull-down node PD2 is at a high level, the transistors M11′ andM12′ are turned on, and the output signal terminals OUT_G and OUT_C arepulled down to a low level respectively.

FIG. 2 shows a structure diagram of a gate driving circuit. As shown inFIG. 2 , the gate driving circuit includes a plurality of stages ofcascaded-coupled shift registers GOA1, GOA2, GOA3, . . . GOA10. Forbrevity, FIG. 2 shows 10 stages of shift registers GOA1 to GOA10. Thegate driving circuit in FIG. 2 is controlled by 10 clock signals CLK1,CLK2, . . . , CLK10, and clock signal terminals of the shift registersGOA1 to GOA10 are configured to receive the clock signals CLK1 to CLK10respectively. In a similar manner, clock signal terminals of the shiftregisters GOA11 to GOA20 are configured to receive clock signals CLK1 toCLK10 respectively. In the gate driving circuit of FIG. 2 , an inputsignal terminal IN of the n-th stage of shift register GOAn is coupledto an output signal terminal OUT of the (n−4)-th stage of shift registerGOA(n−4). A reset signal terminal RST of the n-th stage of shiftregister GOAn is coupled to an output signal terminal OUT of the(n+5)-th stage of shift register GOA(n+5). n is an integer greater thanor equal to 5. For example, an output signal terminal OUT of the firststage of shift register GOA1 is coupled to an input signal terminal INof the fifth stage of shift register GOA5, and an output signal terminalOUT of the second stage of shift register GOA2 is coupled to an inputsignal terminal IN of the sixth stage of shift register GOA6, etc. Areset signal terminal RST of the first stage of shift register GOA1 iscoupled to an output signal terminal OUT of the sixth stage of shiftregister GOA6, and a reset signal terminal RST of the second stage ofshift register GOA2 is coupled to an output signal terminal OUT of theseventh stage of shift register GOAT, etc. Input signal terminals IN ofthe first to the fourth stages of shift registers GOA1 to GOA4 may beconfigured to receive a turn-on signal.

Generally, the clock signals CLK1 to CLK10 are provided to sequentiallyshift the output signals generated by the shift registers GOA1 to GOA10,so as to scan the sub-pixels of the display area line by line. In thismanner, the display area may be displayed in a full resolution. Forexample, an 8K resolution display panel may be displayed in 8Kresolution. However, this is not suitable for low-resolution display,for example, a 4K resolution display cannot be performed on an 8Kdisplay panel.

In order to achieve display in different resolutions on the same displaypanel, gate driving may be performed in two modes. For example, thesub-pixels may be scanned line by line in a first mode, so as to achievethe full-resolution display. The sub-pixels may be scanned two rows bytwo rows in a second mode, so as to achieve the low-resolution display.This method will be described below with reference to FIGS. 3A and 3B.

FIG. 3A shows a signal timing diagram of a method of driving a gatedriving circuit in the first mode according to some embodiments of thepresent disclosure. FIG. 3B shows a signal timing diagram of a method ofdriving a gate driving circuit in the second mode according to someembodiments of the present disclosure.

As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, a high-level duty cycle of the clocksignals CLK1 to CLK10 is 40%, a high-level duration is 4H, and alow-level duration is 6H. H represents a unit scan time, that is, aduration for the gate driving circuit to scan a row of pixels. Takingthe 8K resolution display panel as an example, the sub-pixels in thedisplay area of the display panel are in a 7680×4320 array. It isassumed that a refresh frequency is 60 Hz. A scanning duration for 1frame is 1/60 second, that is, it takes 1/60 second to scan 4320 rows ofsub-pixels. A duration for scanning each row of sub-pixels (that is, theunit scan time) H=1/60÷4320≈3.7 μs. Similarly, if the refresh frequencyis 120 Hz, then the unit scan time H is about 1.85 μs.

In the first mode, as shown in FIG. 3A, the (k+1)-th clock signal isshifted by H relative to the k-th clock signal. For example, the clocksignal CLK2 (the second clock signal) is shifted by H relative to theclock signal CLK1 (the first clock signal). The clock signal CLK3 (thethird clock signal) is shifted by H relative to the clock signal CLK2(the second clock signal), etc. Taking the gate driving circuit of FIG.2 as an example, according to the working principle of the shiftregister described above, this setting for the clock signals CLK1 toCLK10 may make an output signal OUT(n+1) generated by the (n+1)-th stageof shift register GOA(n+1) shifted by H relative to an output signalOUTn generated by the n-th stage of shift register GOAn, as shown inFIG. 3A. It may be seen that in the first mode, the gate driving circuitmay scan the sub-pixels row by row (that is, sequentially turn on eachrow of the sub-pixels), so that the full-resolution display may berealized.

In the second mode, as shown in FIG. 3B, the k-th clock signal issynchronized with the (k+1)-th clock signal and the k-th clock signal isshifted by 2H relative to the (k+2)-th clock signal. For example, theclock signal CLK1 (the first clock signal) is synchronized with theclock signal CLK2 (the second clock signal), the clock signal CLK3 (thethird clock signal) is synchronized with the clock signal CLK4 (thefourth clock signal), and the clock signal CLK3 (the third clock signal)is shifted by 2H relative to the clock signal CLK1 (the third clocksignal), etc. Taking the gate driving circuit of FIG. 2 as an example,according to the working principle of the shift register describedabove, this setting for the clock signals CLK1 to CLK10 may make theoutput signal generated by the n-th stage of shift register synchronizewith the output signal generated by the (n+1)-th stage of shiftregister, and the output signal generated by the n-th stage of shiftregister is shifted by 2H relative to the output signal generated by the(n+2)-th stage of shift register. It may be seen that in the secondmode, the gate driving circuit may scan the sub-pixels two rows by tworows (that is, two rows of the sub-pixels are turned on at a time), sothat a halved-resolution display may be realized.

In practice, if the gate driving circuit shown in FIG. 2 is driven inthis manned, then there will be trailing in output signals ofodd-numbered stages of shift registers, while there will be no trailingin output signals of even-numbered stages of shift registers. This willbe described in detail below with reference to FIG. 4 .

FIG. 4 shows a working principle diagram of the gate driving circuit inFIG. 2 in the second mode.

At time instant T1, the clock signals CLK1 and CLK2 both become lowlevels, so that the output signal OUT1 of the first stage of shiftregister GOA1 and the output signal of the second stage of shiftregister GOA2 both become low levels. Since the reset signal terminal ofthe first stage of shift register GOA1 is coupled to the output signalterminal of the sixth stage of shift register GOA6, the output signalOUT6 of the sixth stage of shift register GOA6 reset the pull-up nodePU1 of the first stage of shift register GOA1 to a low level.

At time instant T2, since the reset signal terminal of the second stageof shift register GOA2 is coupled to the output signal terminal of theseventh stage of shift register GOAT, the output signal OUT7 of theseventh stage of shift register GOA7 resets the pull-up node PU2 of thesecond stage of shift register GOA2 to a low level.

It may be seen that for the first stage of shift register GOA1, theclock signal CLK1 of the clock signal terminal CLK and the reset signal(i.e. OUT6) of the reset signal terminal RST jump simultaneously at timeinstant T1 (CLK1 changes from the high level to the low level, and OUT6changes from the low level to the high level). This allows the pull-upnode PU and the clock signal terminal CLK to turn to the low level atthe same time. At this time instant, the transistor M3 is turned off,while the output signal terminal OUT has not been pulled downsufficiently by the clock signal terminal CLK yet. Therefore, there istrailing for the output signal OUT1 at the output signal terminal OUT.

The second stage of shift register GOA2 is reset by the output signalOUT7 of the seventh stage of shift register GOA7, so that the pull-upnode PU2 is pulled down after the clock signal CLK2 of the clock signalterminal CLK becomes low level (that is, at time instant T2). Thisallows the transistor M3 to remain conductive until the output signalOUT2 of the output signal terminal OUT is pulled down sufficiently bythe clock signal terminal CLK. Therefore, there is no trailing for theoutput signal OUT2 of the second stage of shift register GOA2.

For the same reason, there is trailing for the output signal OUT3 of thethird stage of shift register GOA3, while there is no trailing for theoutput signal OUT4 of the fourth stage of shift register GOA4, etc.

FIG. 5 shows a simulation diagram of an output signal of the gatedriving circuit in FIG. 2 in the second mode. It may be seen from FIG. 5that due to the reason above, there is trailing (identified by thedashed box in FIG. 5 ) for the output signals OUT1, OUT3, OUT5 . . . ofthe odd-numbered stages of shift registers, while there is no trailingfor the output signals OUT2, OUT4, OUT6 . . . of the even-numberedstages of shift registers relatively.

The trailing may be relieved by adjusting the duty cycle of the clocksignals, for example, adjusting the duty cycle of the clock signals CLK1to CLK10 from 40% to 30%. As shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, by adjusting theduty cycle of the clock signals CLK1 to CLK10 to 30%, the pull-up nodes(such as PU1 and PU3) of the odd-numbered stages of shift registers arereset 1H later than corresponding output signals of the odd-numberedstages of shift registers, and the pull-up nodes (such as PU2 and PU4)of the even-numbered stages of shift registers are reset 3H later thancorresponding output signals of the even-numbered stages of shiftregisters. Thus, the trailing of the output signals may be relieved to acertain extent. However, there are still differences between the resettime of the pull-up nodes of the odd-numbered stages of shift registersand the reset time of the pull-up nodes of the even-numbered stages ofshift registers, such that waveforms of the output signals of theodd-numbered stages are still different from that of the even-numberedstages. This difference may become more visible especially when therefresh frequency is increased.

FIG. 6C shows comparison diagrams between an output signal of the gatedriving circuit in FIG. 2 at the refresh frequency of 60 Hz and anoutput signal of the gate driving circuit in FIG. 2 at the refreshfrequency of 120 Hz. It may be seen from FIG. 6C that at the refreshfrequency of 60 Hz, a pulse width of the output signal is about 11.1 μs,and there is a difference between the potentials of the output signal(OUT1) of the odd-numbered stage and the output signal (OUT2) of theeven-numbered stage when the potentials drop to about −7V. While whenthe refresh frequency is increased to 120 Hz, the unit scan time H isonly about 1.85 us, and the pulse width of the output signal is about5.55 μs. Even if the pull-up node is reset after the 1H delay, adischarge duration of the output signal is still too short. There is avisible difference between the potentials of the output signal (OUT1) ofthe odd-numbered stage and the output signal (OUT2) of the even-numberedstage when the potentials drop to about −1.3V. There is trailing for theoutput signal (OUT1) of the odd-numbered stage and there is a serialrisk between output signals. Moreover, in the case of using 10 clocksignals, the pulse width of the clock signals is 3H (about 5.55 μs). Foran 8K resolution display panel, 432 groups of shift registers (10 shiftregisters in each group) are required. If the temperature is below acertain level, the last row of the shift registers has no output. Thus,there is a risk of failure in turning on at a low temperature.

According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, there isprovided a gate driving circuit including 2N stages of shift registersincluding N first shift registers provided alternately with N secondshift registers. The N first shift registers are cascaded-coupled as Nstages, and are configured to generate N first output signals undercontrol of K first clock signals. The N second shift registers arecascaded-coupled as N stages, and are configured to generate N secondoutput signals under control of K second clock signals. K and N are bothintegers greater than 1, and K≤N. By alternately arranging N first shiftregisters and N second shift registers and cascading the N first shiftregisters and the N second shift registers independently from eachother, some of the sub-pixels in the display area may be turned on andturned off independently. Therefore, a switching between differentresolutions may be realized.

FIGS. 7A and 7B show structure diagrams of a gate driving circuitaccording to some embodiments of the present disclosure. For brevity,FIG. 7A shows the first 12 stages of shift registers of the gate drivingcircuit, and FIG. 7B shows the last 12 stages of shift registers of thegate driving circuit.

As shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, the gate driving circuit 700 includes 2Nstages of shift registers. The 2N stages of shift registers includes Nfirst shift registers GOA1_O, GOA2_O, . . . GOAN_O provided alternatelywith N second shift registers GOA1_E, GOA2_E, . . . GOAN_E. For example,the first shift registers may be odd-numbered stages of shift registers,and the second registers may be even-numbered stages of shift registers.Each of the shift registers may include an input signal terminal IN, apull-up node PU, a clock signal terminal CLK, and an output signalterminal OUT. For example, as described above with reference to FIG. 1A,each of the shift registers may provide a signal of the input signalterminal IN to the pull-up node PU. A signal of the clock signalterminal CLK may be provided to the output signal terminal OUT undercontrol of a potential of the pull-up node PU, and the pull-up node PUmay be reset under control of a signal of the reset signal terminal RST.

The gate driving circuit 700 is controlled by 2K clock signals, of whichK clock signals are provided to the odd-numbered stages of shiftregisters, and K clock signals are provided to the even-numbered stagesof shift registers. In FIGS. 7A and 7B, K=6, that is, the gate drivingcircuit 700 is controlled by 12 clock signals, of which 6 first clocksignals CLK1_O, CLK2_O, . . . CLK6_O are provided to the first shiftregisters GOA1_O, GOA2_O, . . . GOAN_O respectively, 6 second clocksignals CLK1_E, CLK2_E, . . . CLK6_E are provided to the second shiftregisters GOA1_E, GOA2_E, . . . GOAN_E respectively.

As shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, the N first shift registers GOA1_O, GOA2_O,. . . GOAN_O may be divided into at least one group, and each of the atleast one group includes 6 cascaded first shift registers. For example,in FIG. 7A, the first shift registers GOA1_O, GOA2_O, . . . GOAN_O areregarded as a group of first shift registers, to receive 6 first clocksignals CLK1_O, CLK2_O, . . . CLK6_O respectively. For example, theclock signal terminal CLK of the first shift register GOA1_O receivesthe first clock signal CLK1_O, the clock signal terminal CLK of thefirst shift register GOA2_O receives the first clock signal CLK2_O, andthe clock signal terminal CLK of the first shift register GOA3_Oreceives the first clock signal CLK3_O, etc. In this coupling manner,taking the first shift register GOA1_O as an example, the first shiftregister GOA1_O may output, under control of a first clock signal CLK1_Oreceived by the clock signal terminal CLK of the first shift registerGOA1_O, a first output signal OUT1_O at the output signal terminal OUTof the first shift register GOA1_O based on a signal of the input signalterminal IN of the first shift register GOA1_O, and reset the pull-upnode PU of the first shift register GOA1_O under control of a signal ofthe reset signal terminal RST of the first shift register GOA1_O. Otherfirst shift registers work in a similar manner, and will not be repeatedhere.

In a similar manner, the N second shift registers GOA1_E, GOA2_E, . . .GOAN_E are divided into at least one group, and each of the at least onegroup includes 6 cascaded second shift registers. For example, in FIG.7A, GOA1_E, GOA2_E, . . . GOA6_E are regarded as a group of second shiftregisters, to receive 6 second clock signals CLK1_E, CLK2_E, . . .CLK6_E respectively. For example, the clock signal terminal CLK of thesecond shift register GOA1_E receives the second clock signal CLK1_E,the clock signal terminal CLK of the second shift register GOA2_Ereceives the second clock signal CLK2_E, and the clock signal terminalCLK of the second shift register GOA3_E receives the second clock signalCLK3_E, etc. In this coupling mode, taking the second shift registerGOA1_E as an example, the second shift register GOA1_E may output, undercontrol of a second clock signal CLK1_E received by the clock signalterminal CLK of the second shift register GOA1_E, a second output signalOUT1_E at the output signal terminal OUT of the second shift registerGOA1_E based on a signal of the input signal terminal IN of the secondshift register GOA1_E, and reset the pull-up node PU of the second shiftregister GOA1_E under control of a signal of the reset signal terminalRST of the second shift register GOA1_E. Other second shift registerswork in a similar manner, and will not be repeated here.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the N first shiftregisters are cascaded-coupled to obtain N stages of first shiftregisters. The N second shift registers are cascaded-coupled to obtain Nstages of second shift registers. For example, an input signal terminalof the n-th stage of first shift register in the N stages of first shiftregisters is coupled to an output signal terminal of the (n−i)-th stageof first shift register in the N stages of first shift registers, and areset signal terminal RST of the n-th stage of first shift register iscoupled to an output signal terminal of the (n+j)-th stage of firstshift register in the N stages of first shift registers. An input signalterminal of the n-th stage of second shift register in the N stages ofsecond shift registers is coupled to an output signal terminal of the(n−i)-th stage of second shift register in the N stages of second shiftregisters, and a reset signal terminal of the n-th stage of second shiftregister is coupled to an output signal terminal of the (n+j)-th stageof second shift register in the N stages of second shift registers. n,i, and j are all integers greater than 0, K is an even number, 1<n<N,1≤i≤K/2, and K/2+1≤j≤K−1.

In FIGS. 7A and 7B, i=3, and j=4. That is, the input signal terminal ofthe n-th stage of first shift register is coupled to the output signalterminal of the (n−3)-th stage of first shift register, and the resetsignal terminal RST of the n-th stage of first shift register is coupledto the output signal terminal of the (n+4)-th stage of first shiftregister; and the input signal terminal of the n-th stage of secondshift register is coupled to the output signal terminal of the (n−3)-thstage of second shift register, and the reset signal terminal of then-th stage of second shift register is coupled to the output signalterminal of the (n+4)-th stage of second shift register.

As shown in FIG. 7A, the input signal terminals IN of the first to thethird stages of first shift registers GOA1_O, GOA2_O, and GOA3_O are allconfigured to receive a first turn-on signal STV1_O. The input signalterminal IN of the fourth stage of first shift register GOA4_O iscoupled to the output signal terminal OUT of the first stage of firstshift register GOA1_O, and the input signal terminal IN of the fifthstage of first shift register GOA5_O is coupled to the output signalterminal OUT of the second stage of first shift register GOA2_O, etc. Asshown in FIG. 7A, the reset signal terminal RST of the first stage offirst shift register GOA1_O is coupled to the output signal terminal OUTof the fifth stage of first shift register GOA5_O, and the reset signalterminal RST of the second stage of first shift register GOA2_O iscoupled to the output signal terminal OUT of the sixth stage of firstshift register GOA6_O, etc.

In a similar manner, the input signal terminals IN of the first to thethird stages of second shift registers GOA1_E, GOA2_E, and GOA3_E areall configured to receive a second turn-on signal STYLE. The inputsignal terminal IN of the fourth stage of second shift register GOA4_Eis coupled to the output signal terminal OUT of the second stage ofsecond shift register GOA1_E, and the input signal terminal IN of thefifth stage of second shift register GOA5_E is coupled to the outputsignal terminal OUT of the second stage of second shift register GOA2_E,etc. As shown in FIG. 7A, the reset signal terminal RST of the secondstage of second shift register GOA1_E is coupled to the output signalterminal OUT of the fifth stage of second shift register GOA5_E, and thereset signal terminal RST of the second stage of second shift registerGOA2_E is coupled to the output signal terminal OUT of the sixth stageof second shift register GOA6_E, etc.

In some embodiments, reset signal terminals of the (N−j+1)-th to theN-th stages of first shift registers in the N stages of first shiftregisters and reset signal terminals of the (N−j+1)-th to the N-thstages of second shift registers in the N stages of second shiftregisters are configured to receive a total reset signal. As shown inFIG. 7B, reset signal terminals RST of the (N−3)-th to the N-th stagesof first shift registers GOAN_O, GOA(N−1)_O, GOA(N−2)_O and GOA(N−3)_Oand reset signal terminals RST of the (N−3)-th to the N-th stages ofsecond shift registers GOAN_E, GOA(N−1)_E, GOA(N−2)_E and GOA(N−3)_E areall configured to receive a total reset signal STV0. However, theembodiments of the present disclosure are not limited thereto. In someembodiments, the first shift registers and the second shift registersmay be coupled to different total reset signals. For example, resetsignal terminals RST of the (N−3)-th to the N-th stages of first shiftregisters GOAN_O, GOA(N−1)_O, GOA(N−2)_O and GOA(N−3)_O may be coupledto a first total reset signal and reset signal terminals RST of the(N−3)-th to the N-th stages of second shift registers GOAN_E,GOA(N−1)_E, GOA(N−2)_E and GOA(N−3)_E may be coupled to a second totalreset signal.

In some embodiments, the first shift register and the second shiftregister may further include a total reset terminal Total_RST, such asthe structure described above with reference to FIG. 1C, and the totalreset terminal Total_RST of each shift register may be configured toreceive the total reset signal STV0. For example, in FIGS. 7A and 7B,each first shift register GOA1_O, GOA2_O, . . . GOAN_O may reset thepull-up node PU of said each first shift register under control of asignal of a total reset terminal of said each first shift register. Eachsecond shift register GOA1_E, GOA2_E, . . . GOAN_E may reset the pull-upnode PU of said second shift register under control of a signal of atotal reset terminal of said second shift register. The total resetterminals of the N first shift registers GOA1_O, GOA2_O, . . . GOAN_Oand the total reset terminals of the N second shift registers GOA1_E,GOA2_E, . . . GOAN_E may all be configured to receive the total resetsignal STV0.

FIG. 8 shows a structure diagram of a gate driving circuit according tosome embodiments of the present disclosure. The gate driving circuit 800of FIG. 8 is similar to the gate driving circuit 700 of FIGS. 7A and 7B,and at least the difference is that K=4, i=2, and j=3. For brevity, thedifferences may be described in detail below.

As shown in FIG. 8 , the gate driving circuit 800 includes 2N shiftregisters controlled by 2K=8 clock signals, in which every 8 shiftregisters are used as a group to receive the 8 clock signals. Forexample, the first group of shift registers GOA1_O, GOA1_E, GOA2_O,GOA2_E, GOA3_O, GOA3_E, GOA4_O, GOA4_E are sequentially configured toreceive the clock signals CLK1_O, CLK1_E, CLK2_O, CLK2_E, CLK3_O,CLK3_E, CLK4_O, CLK4_E. The second group of shift registers GOA5_O,GOA5_E, GOA6_O, GOA6_E, GOA7_O, GOA7_E, GOA8_O, GOA8_E are coupled inthe same way to receive clock signals CLK1_O, CLK1_E, CLK2_O, CLK2_E,CLK3_O, CLK3_E, CLK4_O, CLK4_E, etc.

In the gate driving circuit 800, the input signal terminal IN of then-th stage of first shift register GOAn_O is coupled to the outputsignal terminal OUT of the (n−2)-th stage of first shift registerGOA(n−2)_O, and the reset signal terminal RST of the n-th stage of firstshift register GOAn_O is coupled to the output signal terminal OUT ofthe (n+3)-th stage of first shift register GOA(n+3)_O. In a similarmanner, the input signal terminal IN of the n-th stage of second shiftregister GOAn_E is coupled to the output signal terminal OUT of the(n−2)-th stage of second shift register GOA(n−2)_E, and the reset signalterminal RST of the n-th stage of second shift register GOAn_E iscoupled to the output signal terminal OUT of the (n+3)-th stage ofsecond shift register GOA(n+3)_E.

In the gate driving circuit 800, the input signal terminals IN of thefirst and the second stages of first shift registers GOA1_O and GOA2_Oare both configured to receive a first turn-on signal STV1_O. The inputsignal terminals IN of the first and the second stages of second shiftregisters GOA1_E and GOA2_E are both configured to receive a secondturn-on signal STV1_E. Reset signal terminals RST of the (N−2)-th to theN-th stages of first shift registers GOAN_O, GOA(N−1)_O and GOA(N−2)_Oand reset signal terminals RST of the (N−2)-th to the N-th stages ofsecond shift registers GOAN_E, GOA(N−1)_E and GOA(N−2)_E are allconfigured to receive the total reset signal STV0. However, theembodiments of the present disclosure are not limited thereto. In someembodiments, the first shift register and the second shift register maybe coupled to different total reset signals, respectively. In someembodiments, the first shift register and the second shift register mayfurther include a total reset terminal Total_RST, such as the structuredescribed above with reference to FIG. 1C, and the total reset terminalTotal_RST of each shift register may be configured to receive the totalreset signal STV0.

FIG. 9 shows a structure diagram of a gate driving circuit according tosome embodiments of the present disclosure. The gate driving circuit 900of FIG. 9 is similar to the gate driving circuit 700 of FIGS. 7A and 7B,and at least the difference is that K=8, i=4, and j=5. For brevity, thedifferences may be described in detail below.

As shown in FIG. 9 , the gate driving circuit 900 includes 2N shiftregisters controlled by 2K=16 clock signals, in which every 16 shiftregisters are used as a group to receive the 16 clock signals. Forexample, the first group of 16 shift registers GOA1_O to GOA6_E aresequentially configured to receive the clock signals CLK1_O to CLK8_E.The second group of 16 shift registers GOA9_O to GOA16_E are coupled inthe same way to receive clock signals CLK1_O to CLK8_E, etc.

In the gate driving circuit 900, the input signal terminal IN of then-th stage of first shift register GOAn_O is coupled to the outputsignal terminal OUT of the (n−4)-th stage of first shift registerGOA(n−4)_O, and the reset signal terminal RST of the n-th stage of firstshift register GOAn_O is coupled to the output signal terminal OUT ofthe (n+5)-th stage of first shift register GOA(n+5)_O. In a similarmanner, the input signal terminal IN of the n-th stage of second shiftregister GOAn_E is coupled to the output signal terminal OUT of the(n−4)-th stage of second shift register GOA(n−4)_E, and the reset signalterminal RST of the n-th stage of second shift register GOAn_E iscoupled to the output signal terminal OUT of the (n+5)-th stage ofsecond shift register GOA(n+5)_E.

In the gate driving circuit 900, the input signal terminals IN of thefirst to the fourth stages of first shift registers GOA1_O, GOA2_O,GOA3_O and GOA4_O are all configured to receive the first turn-on signalSTV1_O. The input signal terminals IN of the first to the fourth stagesof second shift registers GOA1_E, GOA2_E, GOA3_E and GOA4_E are allconfigured to receive the second turn-on signal STV1_E. Reset signalterminals RST of the (N−4)-th to the N-th stages of first shiftregisters GOAN_O, GOA(N−1)_O, GOA(N−2)_O, GOA(N−3)_O and GOA(N−4)_O andreset signal terminals RST of the (N−4)-th to the N-th stages of secondshift registers GOAN_E, GOA(N−1)_E, GOA(N−2)_E, GOA(N−3)_E andGOA(N−4)_E are all configured to receive the total reset signal STV0.However, the embodiments of the present disclosure are not limitedthereto. In some embodiments, the first shift register and the secondshift register may be coupled to different total reset signals,respectively. In some embodiments, the first shift register and thesecond shift register may further include a total reset terminalTotal_RST, such as the structure described above with reference to FIG.1C, and the total reset terminal Total_RST of each shift register may beconfigured to receive the total reset signal STV0.

According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is furtherprovided a method of driving the above-mentioned gate driving circuit.By turning on and turning off the first shift register and the secondshift register independently, switching of a plurality of display modesmay be realized.

FIG. 10 shows a flowchart of a method of driving a gate driving circuitaccording to some embodiments of the present disclosure. This method isapplicable to the gate driving circuit of any of the above embodiments,such as the gate driving circuit described above with reference to FIG.7A to FIG. 9 .

In operation S1001, the 2N stages of shift registers are turned on in afirst mode, so that the N first shift registers of the 2N stages ofshift registers generate the N first output signals under control of theK first clock signals; and the N second shift registers of the 2N stagesof shift registers generate the N second output signals under control ofthe K second clock signals.

In operation S1002, the N first shift registers are turned on in asecond mode, so that the N first shift registers generate the N firstoutput signals under control of the K first clock signals, and the Nfirst output signals are shifted sequentially, or the N second shiftregisters are turned on in the second mode, so that the N second shiftregisters generate the N second output signals under control of the Ksecond clock signals, and the N second output signals are shiftedsequentially.

Hereinafter, signal timing of the gate driving circuit will be describedwith reference to FIGS. 11A, 11B, 12A, and 12B in combination with thegate driving circuit 700 described above with reference to FIGS. 7A and7B.

FIG. 11A shows a signal timing diagram of a gate driving circuit in thefirst mode according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

As shown in FIG. 11A, in the first mode, at a beginning of a frame, thetotal reset signal STV0 is applied to the gate driving circuit 700 toreset all the 2N stages of shift registers.

After the resetting, the first turn-on signal STV1_O is applied to thefirst two odd-numbered stages GOA1_O and GOA2_O (located in the firstand third stages of the 2N stages respectively) of the N odd-numberedstages of shift registers in the gate driving circuit 700. The secondturn-on signal STV1_E is applied to the first two even-numbered stagesGOA1_E and GOA2_E (located in the second and fourth stages of the 2Nstages respectively) of the even-numbered stages of shift registers inthe gate driving circuit 700. The shift registers GOA1_O and GOA2_O areturned on in response to the high level of the first turn-on signalSTV1_O, and the shift registers GOA1_E and GOA2_E are turned on inresponse to the high level of the second turn-on signal STV1_E.

After the turning on, the shift register GOA1_O generates the outputsignal OUT1_O according to the received clock signal CLK1_O, the shiftregister GOA1_E generates the output signal OUT1_E according to thereceived clock signal CLK1_E, the shift register GOA2_O generates theoutput signal OUT2_O according to the received clock signal CLK2_O, andthe shift register GOA2_E generates the output signal OUT2_E accordingto the received clock signal CLK2_E. As shown in FIG. 11 , the clocksignals CLK1_O, CLK1_E, CLK2_O, and CLK2_E have the same signalwaveforms and are shifted sequentially, so that the shift registersGOA1_O, GOA1_E, GOA2_O, and GOA2_E generate sequentially shifted outputsignals OUT1_O, OUT1_E, OUT2_O, and OUT2_E.

Next, the output signal OUT1_O is provided as an input signal to theshift register GOA4_O, so that GOA4_O generates the output signal OUT4_Oaccording to the clock signal CLK4_O. In a similar manner, the outputsignal OUT1_E triggers the shift register GOA4_E to generate the outputsignal OUT4_E according to the clock signal CLK4_E, and the outputsignal OUT4_E is shifted relative to the output signal OUT4_O. In thisway, 2N stages of output signals OUT1_O to OUTN_E are generated, whichare sequentially shifted.

In FIG. 11A, the first turn-on signal STV1_O and the second turn-onsignal STV_E are synchronized, that is, the first shift register and thesecond shift register may be turned on at the same time. This may notaffect the timing of the output signals because the output timing of theoutput signals is controlled by the clock signals. However, theembodiments of the present disclosure are not limited thereto. In someembodiments, as shown in FIG. 11B, the second turn-on signal STV1_E maybe shifted relative to the first turn-on signal STV1_O, and a value ofthe shift may be equal to a shift between adjacent clock signals. Thatis, the first shift register is turned on first, and the second shiftregister is turned on later. Effective level durations of the firstturn-on signal STV1_O and the second turn-on signal STV_E may be greaterthan a high level duration in a unit period of the clock signal, so thatthe pull-up nodes of the first four stages of shift registers may havesufficient time to charge to desired potentials.

FIGS. 12A and 12B show signal timing diagrams of the gate drivingcircuit in the second mode according to some embodiments of the presentdisclosure. In the second mode, it is possible to determine whether toturn on the N odd-numbered stages of shift registers or turn on the Neven-numbered stages of shift registers first. When turning on theodd-numbered stages of shift registers, the signal timing shown in FIG.12A is used for driving. When turning on the even-numbered stages ofshift registers, the signal timing shown in FIG. 12B is used fordriving.

As shown in FIG. 12A, after the gate driving circuit 700 is totallyreset using the total reset signal STV0, the first turn-on signal STV1_Oat a high level is applied to the first two odd-numbered stages GOA1_Oand GOA2_O of the N odd-numbered stages of shift registers in the gatedriving circuit 700. The shift registers GOA1_O and GOA2_O are turned onin response to the high level of the first turn-on signal STV1_O,thereby triggering a shift registering operation. Thus, the Nodd-numbered stages of shift registers generate N sequentially shiftedoutput signals OUT1_O, OUT2_O, . . . OUTN_O. During this period, thesecond turn-on signal STV_E is always at a low level, and theeven-numbered stages of shift registers may not generate output signals.In this way, the odd-numbered rows of sub-pixels in the display area maybe turned on, and the even-numbered rows of sub-pixels may be turnedoff, thereby realizing the low-resolution display. For example, for the8K resolution display panel, a 4K resolution display or lower resolutiondisplay may be realized by turning off half of the sub-pixels.

As shown in FIG. 12B, similar to FIG. 12A, the second turn-on signalSTV1_E at a high level is applied to the first two even-numbered stagesGOA1_E and GOA2_E of the N even-numbered stages of shift registers inthe gate driving circuit 700. The shift registers GOA1_E and GOA2_E areturned on in response to the high level of the second turn-on signalSTV1_E, thereby triggering the shift registering operation. Thus, the Neven-numbered stages of shift registers generate N sequentially shiftedoutput signals OUT1_E, OUT2_E, . . . OUTN_E. During this period, thefirst turn-on signal STV_O is always at a low level, and theodd-numbered stages of shift registers may not generate output signals.In this way, the even-numbered rows of sub-pixels in the display areamay be turned on, and the odd-numbered rows of sub-pixels may be turnedoff, thereby realizing the low-resolution display.

It is possible to keep applying corresponding clock signals to the shiftregisters that are not turned on. Alternatively, it is further possibleto stop applying the corresponding clock signals to the shift registersthat are not turned on. For example, during a period when the firstshift register is turned on and the second shift register is turned off,it is possible to keep applying the second clock signals CLK1_E toCLK6_E shown in FIG. 11 to the second shift registers, or it is possibleto apply no clock signal to the second shift registers.

Although the first shift registers and the second shift registers aredescribed by taking the odd-numbered stages of shift registers and theeven-numbered stages of shift registers as examples in the embodimentsabove, the embodiments of the present disclosure are not limitedthereto. The first shift registers and the second shift registers may bealternately provided in other ways. For example, two second shiftregisters may be provided every two first shift registers. In someembodiments, a plurality of third shift registers cascaded may furtherbe provided. The first, fourth, seventh . . . stages of shift registersmay be regarded as the first shift registers, the second, fifth, eighth. . . stages of shift registers may be regarded as the second shiftregisters, and the third, sixth, ninth . . . stages of shift registersmay be regarded as the third shift registers. Three turn-on signals maybe used to turn on the first, second, and third shift registersrespectively, so as to realize independent controls of the first shiftregisters, the second shift registers and the third shift registers.

Although the structures of the shift registers in FIG. 1A and FIG. 1Care taken as examples in the embodiments above to describe the gatedriving circuit and the driving method thereof, the embodiments of thepresent disclosure are not limited thereto. The gate driving circuit ofthe embodiments of the present disclosure may adopt any suitablestructure as required.

FIG. 13 schematically shows a block diagram of a display deviceaccording to some embodiments of the present disclosure. As shown inFIG. 13 , the display panel 1300 includes a gate driving circuit 1301.The gate driving circuit 1301 may be implemented by the gate drivingcircuit of any of the embodiments above, such as one of the gate drivingcircuits 700, 800 or 900. The display panel 1300 may have an 8Kresolution. For example, sub-pixels of a display area of the displaypanel 1300 are provided in a 7680×4320 array. When the refresh frequencyis 60 Hz, H=1/60÷4320≈3.7 μs. When the refresh frequency is 120 Hz, H isabout 1.85 μs.

Those skilled in the art may understand that the embodiments describedabove are all exemplary, and may be improved by those skilled in theart. The structures described in the various embodiments may be combinedwithout conflicts in structure or principle.

After describing the optional embodiments of the present disclosure indetail, those skilled in the art may clearly understand that variousvariations and changes may be made without departing from the scope andspirit of the appended claims, and the present disclosure is not limitedto the implementation of the exemplary embodiments cited in thespecification.

I/We claim:
 1. A gate driving circuit comprising multiple stages ofshift registers, the multiple stages of shift registers comprising Nfirst shift registers arranged alternately with N second shiftregisters, wherein the N first shift registers are cascaded-coupled as Nstages of first shift registers, and are configured to generate N firstoutput signals under control of K first clock signals; wherein the Nsecond shift registers are cascaded-coupled as N stages of second shiftregisters, and are configured to generate N second output signals undera control of K second clock signals; wherein K and N are both integersgreater than 1, and K≤N; wherein an input signal terminal of an n-thstage of first shift register in the N stages of first shift registersis coupled to an output signal terminal of an (n−i)-th stage of firstshift register in the N stages of first shift registers, and a resetsignal terminal of the n-th stage of first shift register is coupled toan output signal terminal of an (n+j)-th stage of first shift registerin the N stages of first shift registers; wherein an input signalterminal of an n-th stage of second shift register in the N stages ofsecond shift registers is coupled to an output signal terminal of an(n−i)-th stage of second shift register in the N stages of second shiftregisters, and a reset signal terminal of the n-th stage of second shiftregister is coupled to an output signal terminal of an (n+j)-th stage ofsecond shift register in the N stages of second shift registers; whereinn, i, and j are all integers greater than 0, K is an even number, 1<n<N,1≤i≤K/2, and K/2+1≤j≤K−1; wherein K=6, i=3, and j=4; and wherein the Kfirst clock signals and the K second clock signals have a duty cyclegreater than or equal to 40% and smaller than 50%.
 2. The gate drivingcircuit of claim 1, wherein reset signal terminals of (N−j+1)-th to N-thstages of first shift registers in the N stages of first shift registersand reset signal terminals of (N−j+1)-th to N-th stages of second shiftregisters in the N stages of second shift registers are configured toreceive a total reset signal.
 3. The gate driving circuit of claim 1,wherein the first shift registers are odd-numbered stages of shiftregisters in the multiple stages of shift registers, and the secondshift registers are even-numbered stages of shift registers in themultiple stages of shift registers.
 4. The gate driving circuit of claim1, wherein the N first shift registers are divided into at least onegroup of K cascaded first shift registers, and clock signal terminals ofthe K cascaded first shift registers are configured to receive the Kfirst clock signals respectively; and wherein the N second shiftregisters are divided into at least one group of K cascaded second shiftregisters, and clock signal terminals of the K cascaded second shiftregisters are configured to receive the K second clock signalsrespectively.
 5. The gate driving circuit of claim 1, wherein each ofthe first shift registers is configured to output a first output signalat an output signal terminal of said each of the first shift registersbased on a signal of an input signal terminal of said each of the firstshift registers under control of a first clock signal received by aclock signal terminal of said each of the first shift registers, andreset a pull-up node of said each of the first shift registers undercontrol of a signal of a reset signal terminal of said each of the firstshift registers; and wherein each of the second shift registers isconfigured to output a second output signal at an output signal terminalof said each of the second shift registers based on a signal of an inputsignal terminal of said each of the second shift registers under controlof a second clock signal received by a clock signal terminal of saideach of the second shift registers, and reset a pull-up node of saideach of the second shift registers under control of a signal of a resetsignal terminal of said each of the first shift registers.
 6. The gatedriving circuit of claim 1, wherein each of the first shift registers isfurther configured to reset a pull-up node of said each of the firstshift registers under control of a signal of a total reset terminal ofsaid each of the first shift registers; and wherein each of the secondshift registers is further configured to reset a pull-up node of saideach of the second shift registers under control of a signal of a totalreset terminal of said each of the second shift registers, wherein totalreset terminals of the N first shift registers and total reset terminalsof the N second shift registers are configured to receive a total resetsignal.
 7. The gate driving circuit of claim 1, wherein at least oneshift register of the multiple stages of shift registers comprises: aninput circuit configured to input a signal of an input signal terminalof the shift register to a pull-up node of the shift register; an outputcircuit coupled to the pull-up node, a clock signal terminal of theshift register and an output signal terminal of the shift register, andconfigured to provide a clock signal of the clock signal terminal to theoutput signal terminal under control of a potential of the pull-up node;a control circuit coupled to a pull-down node of the shift register andthe pull-up node, and configured to control a potential of the pull-downnode according to the potential of the pull-up node; and an resetcircuit coupled to a reset signal terminal of the shift register and thepull-up node, and configured to reset the pull-up node under control ofa signal of the reset signal terminal.
 8. The gate driving circuit ofclaim 6, wherein the pull-down node comprises a first pull-down node anda second pull-down node, and the control circuit comprises: a firstsub-circuit coupled to the first pull-down node and the pull-up node,and configured to control a potential of the first pull-down nodeaccording to a potential of the pull-up node; and a second sub-circuitcoupled to the second pull-down node and the pull-up node, andconfigured to control a potential of the second pull-down node accordingto the potential of the pull-up node.
 9. The gate driving circuit ofclaim 8, wherein the first sub-circuit comprises a first transistor, asecond transistor, a third transistor, and a fourth transistor, wherein:a gate electrode of the first transistor and a first electrode of thefirst transistor are coupled to a first power signal terminal of theshift register, and a second electrode of the first transistor iscoupled to a gate electrode of the second transistor; a first electrodeof the second transistor is coupled to the first electrode of the firsttransistor, and a second electrode of the second transistor is coupledto the first pull-down node; a gate electrode of the third transistor iscoupled to the pull-up node, a first electrode of the third transistoris coupled to a reference signal terminal of the shift register, and asecond electrode of the third transistor is coupled to the firstpull-down node; and a gate electrode of the fourth transistor is coupledto the pull-up node, a first electrode of the fourth transistor iscoupled to the reference signal terminal, and a second electrode of thefourth transistor is coupled to the gate electrode of the secondtransistor.
 10. The gate driving circuit of claim 9, wherein the secondsub-circuit comprises a fifth transistor, a sixth transistor, a seventhtransistor, and an eighth transistor, wherein: a gate electrode of thefifth transistor and a first electrode of the fifth transistor arecoupled to a second power signal terminal of the shift register, and asecond electrode of the fifth transistor is coupled to a gate electrodeof the sixth transistor; a first electrode of the sixth transistor iscoupled to the first electrode of the fifth transistor, and a secondelectrode of the sixth transistor is coupled to the second pull-downnode; a gate electrode of the seventh transistor is coupled to thepull-up node, a first electrode of the seventh transistor is coupled tothe reference signal terminal, and a second electrode of the seventhtransistor is coupled to the second pull-down node; and a gate electrodeof the eighth transistor is coupled to the pull-up node, a firstelectrode of the eighth transistor is coupled to the reference signalterminal, and a second electrode of the eighth transistor is coupled tothe gate electrode of the sixth transistor.
 11. A gate driving circuitcomprising multiple stages of shift registers, the multiple stages ofshift registers comprising N first shift registers arranged alternatelywith N second shift registers, wherein the N first shift registers arecascaded-coupled as N stages of first shift registers, and areconfigured to generate N first output signals under control of K firstclock signals; wherein the N second shift registers are cascaded-coupledas N stages of second shift registers, and are configured to generate Nsecond output signals under a control of K second clock signals; whereinK and N are both integers greater than 1, and K≤N; wherein an inputsignal terminal of an n-th stage of first shift register in the N stagesof first shift registers is coupled to an output signal terminal of an(n−i)-th stage of first shift register in the N stages of first shiftregisters, and a reset signal terminal of the n-th stage of first shiftregister is coupled to an output signal terminal of an (n+j)-th stage offirst shift register in the N stages of first shift registers; whereinan input signal terminal of an n-th stage of second shift register inthe N stages of second shift registers is coupled to an output signalterminal of an (n−i)-th stage of second shift register in the N stagesof second shift registers, and a reset signal terminal of the n-th stageof second shift register is coupled to an output signal terminal of an(n+j)-th stage of second shift register in the N stages of second shiftregisters; wherein n, i, and j are all integers greater than 0, K is aneven number, 1<n<N, 1≤i≤K/2, and K/2+1≤j≤K−1; wherein K=8, i=4, and j=5;and wherein the K first clock signals and the K second clock signalshave a duty cycle greater than or equal to 40% and smaller than 50%. 12.A display panel comprising the gate driving circuit of claim
 1. 13. Thedisplay panel of claim 12, wherein reset signal terminals of (N−j+1)-thto N-th stages of first shift registers in the N stages of first shiftregisters and reset signal terminals of (N−j+1)-th to N-th stages ofsecond shift registers in the N stages of second shift registers areconfigured to receive a total reset signal.
 14. A method of driving agate driving circuit, wherein the gate driving circuit comprisingmultiple stages of shift registers, the multiple stages of shiftregisters comprising N first shift registers arranged alternately with Nsecond shift registers, wherein the N first shift registers arecascaded-coupled as N stages of first shift registers, and areconfigured to generate N first output signals under control of K firstclock signals; wherein the N second shift registers are cascaded-coupledas N stages of second shift registers, and are configured to generate Nsecond output signals under a control of K second clock signals; whereinK and N are both integers greater than 1, and K≤N; wherein an inputsignal terminal of an n-th stage of first shift register in the N stagesof first shift registers is coupled to an output signal terminal of an(n−i)-th stage of first shift register in the N stages of first shiftregisters, and a reset signal terminal of the n-th stage of first shiftregister is coupled to an output signal terminal of an (n+j)-th stage offirst shift register in the N stages of first shift registers; whereinan input signal terminal of an n-th stage of second shift register inthe N stages of second shift registers is coupled to an output signalterminal of an (n−i)-th stage of second shift register in the N stagesof second shift registers, and a reset signal terminal of the n-th stageof second shift register is coupled to an output signal terminal of an(n+j)-th stage of second shift register in the N stages of second shiftregisters; wherein n, i, and j are all integers greater than 0, K is aneven number, 1<n<N, 1≤i≤K/2, and K/2+1≤j≤K−1; wherein K=6, i=3, and j=4;and wherein the K first clock signals and the K second clock signalshave a duty cycle greater than or equal to 40% and smaller than 50%;wherein the method comprising: in a first mode, turning on the multiplestages of shift registers, so that the N first shift registers of themultiple stages of shift registers generate the N first output signalsunder control of the K first clock signals and the N second shiftregisters of the multiple stages of shift registers generate the Nsecond output signals under control of the K second clock signals; andin a second mode, turning on the N first shift registers so that the Nfirst shift registers generate the N first output signals under controlof the K first clock signals, wherein the N first output signals areshifted sequentially, or turning on the N second shift registers in thesecond mode so that the N second shift registers generate the N secondoutput signals under control of the K second clock signals, wherein theN second output signals are shifted sequentially.
 15. The method ofclaim 14, wherein reset signal terminals of (N−j+1)-th to N-th stages offirst shift registers in the N stages of first shift registers and resetsignal terminals of (N−j+1)-th to N-th stages of second shift registersin the N stages of second shift registers are configured to receive atotal reset signal.
 16. The method of claim 14, wherein, in the secondmode, the turning on the N first shift registers comprises: applying avalid first turn-on signal to the first to i-th stages of first shiftregisters in the N first shift registers, and applying an invalid secondturn-on signal to the first to i-th stages of second shift registers inthe N second shift registers; and the turning on the N second shiftregisters comprises: applying a valid second turn-on signal to the firstto i-th stages of second shift registers in the N second shiftregisters, and applying an invalid first turn-on signal to the first toi-th stages of first shift registers in the N first shift registers,wherein i is an integer and 1≤i≤K/2.